1 . Disasters are like a mirror. They show both our bright and dark sides, as individuals and as a society. As citizens in China and beyond continue to fight against the coronavirus (新冠状病毒), the daily lives of many have gone through changes-from simple routine adjustments to complete devotion from volunteers.
People have consciously chosen to stay at home to prevent further human-to-human spread. However, that didn’t stop employees and students from working and studying at home. On Feb 17, the scheduled first school day, many teachers started to give online lessons. Bored at home, many people began to learn new things to fill their newly-found time, such as baking or knitting.
The film named Contagion, 2011 shows the worst-case that might happen after a worldwide epidemic. Fortunately, the situation in China couldn’t be more different than the movie. Rather than violence and food shortage, everything has worked out rather well in China so far. Scientists isolated (分离) the first virus strain, more than 30, 000 medical workers in over 100 medical teams gathered and thousands of construction workers came to build hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei province. Thousands of volunteers are working nonstop to help deliver supplies and assist the affected regions.
Sociologists once debated whether volunteer service is common to see around the world. Indeed, more than 30 years of research— exploring disasters in Europe, Asia, and America — confirmed that the need to help is universal wherever disaster strikes.
“It’s normal that when disasters happen, people will fall into panic. In reality, we’ re more likely to rush in to hep others than run them over to save ourselves,” wrote American psychologist Kelly Caldwell in Pacific Standard. “It’s an exercise in mass healing.”
1. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To introduce the topic of the text. | B．To show the effect of a disaster. |
| C．To tell readers a lesson. | D．To raise the readers’ interest in the mirror. |
| A．People chose to stay at home to avoid panic. |
| B．People tried every means to learn new things. |
| C．People adjusted to their routines to avoid infection. |
| D．Online working and studying became more popular. |
| A．China’s situation was the same with the movie. |
| B．China’s situation was quite different from the movie. |
| C．Chinese people have gone through many changes. |
| D．China experienced violence and food shortage. |
| A．A science report. | B．A science fiction. | C．A medical journal. | D．A newspaper. |
In August, four COVID-19
Giving the honour to them shows the spirit of the Chinese people in respecting science and professionalism. It also shows that Chinese people always stand up as one in the face of difficulties.
During this hard-won fight,
In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Zhong, 84, decided to go to Wuhan, the hardest hit place by COVID-19. He dared to point out that the disease was likely to spread from person to person, and stressed the
